Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-12 Thread |n|i|c|k|
I was thinking.I have only been in os X for a little while and had not had to do anything inside my computer.so that would mean that I have never taken out my batteryso my pram would have never reset..but I recently took my bat out and the next time I turned it on the

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-11 Thread |n|i|c|k|
Heres an update on the problem..I have zapped the pram and deleted all the mac os x caches but still nothing has changed.If it goes to sleep then it wakes up with a dark screen and nothing short of a restart will get the screen to light up again.and still it has a dark screen when

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-11 Thread |n|i|c|k|
how much is a new one and where do I get it and could this be cousing any of my troubles?? n On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 11:23 PM, Laurent Daudelin wrote: on 11/06/03 00:19, |n|i|c|k| at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My time recently reset...(but it does anytime that I take the regular battery

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-11 Thread Laurent Daudelin
If you keep your PB plugged in or with the main battery, it shouldn't be causing this problem. Whenever you have to reset the date, that means that the PRAM has failed, due to lack of power. You could maybe check PowerBook Parts http://www.pbparts.com/ for that battery... -Laurent. --

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-10 Thread Andrew King
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 20:17:30 -0600 Subject: strange brightness issues From: |n|i|c|k| [EMAIL PROTECTED] .Recently something weird has been happening to my pb ws 2. It is running os X and whenever I turn it on it has a 0 brightness so I cant see anything. I can fix it just by turning the

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-10 Thread |n|i|c|k|
My time recently reset...(but it does anytime that I take the regular battery out)..I did reset the pram when I didn't notice that the brightness didn't work and thought that my computer wouldn't startHow would I tell if the pram battery is dead?? n On Tuesday, June 10, 2003, at 10:02

Re: strange brightness issues, perhaps PRAM?

2003-06-10 Thread Laurent Daudelin
on 11/06/03 00:19, |n|i|c|k| at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My time recently reset...(but it does anytime that I take the regular battery out)..I did reset the pram when I didn't notice that the brightness didn't work and thought that my computer wouldn't startHow would I tell if the